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Review: Mario Tennis Open serves up fast, addictive court action
Mario Tennis Open is a truly fun, hard-to-put-down game full of the charm and excellence you’d expect from Nintendo and Camelot. Its pick-up-and-play nature and smooth, fast online modes make it a perfect anywhere-anytime title. There’s a rhythm to single player progression that takes a little while to grab hold, but — once it does — Mario Tennis Open blossoms into a very f...
Nintendo Releases Shipment Numbers of 3 Top Franchises
Nintendo has recently released data showing the worldwide shipment figures for three of it’s coveted franchises: Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and Mario Kart. The charts below show the units shipped in millions. and start from the franchise beginnings and continue to the present. Some of the figures might be surprising, such as Super Mario Bros 1 out shipping all other Mario Bros almos...
Metroid: Other M $7.99 at Best Buy
Metroid fans, young and old have many opinions on Metroid: Other M. Some some like it, some have been on the fence, yet others have practically boycotted the game entirely! Many have decided not to even attempt it. US Retailer Best Buy has given us all the opportunity to purchase the game at an extreme discount and give it another shot. The Best Buy web site lists the normal retail at $49.99, but ...
Shaun the Sheep and Infendo Giveaway!
Recently Nintendo entered into a partnership with Aardman Animations, the creative genius behind Wallace and Gromit. As a result, the Nintendo 3DS will feature a brand new Shaun the Sheep 3D adventure, available for free, via SpotPass. The free episodes began on March 7th, 2012 and are expected to continue across 15 free episodes in the UK. For some, this might be old news or even not applicable...
Infendo Giveaway: Read Below for Details!
We have a lot of awesome fans here at Infendo. Everyday you show us love by commenting on our articles or by sharing them with your friends on Facebook or Twitter. So we, here at Infendo, thought it was time to send some love back your way! One lucky reader will be chosen, at random, to win a NES, SNES, Sega Combo Console! How do you enter, you ask?
Mario Kart 7 patch available in eShop
Ladies and Gentlemen, Mario Kart 7 has been patched. Head over to eShop to download the game update, which fixes the shortcut issues in Maka Wuhu, Wuhu Island Loop, and Bowser Castle 1 (I didn’t know about that last one). Note that the patch will not become mandatory for online play until May 16th, so we’ll have to wait until tomorrow for the new cheat-free environment to really take e...
Wii Bringing Back Some Classics
Nintendo of America has shared some great news for fans of Pikmin and Mario Tennis! On June 10th, 2012 NoA will release Pikmin 2 and Mario Power tennis for the Wii as part of their “Nintendo Selects” line of games. Both of the classic games will be available for the low price of $19.99. Nintendo also announced that Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Donkey Kong Country will now sell for the...
What If..?
It seems that every generation has a series of consoles that battle over gaming dominance. Probably the greatest was Nintendo VS Sega. I actually loved both systems equally, but always leaned a little towards Nintendo. At times the NES/Sega battle got pretty intense with advertisements such as the one pictured above. At the time it was great seeing them battle it out because new and exciting gam...
30,000 Domino Nintendo Tribute
You might have seen this video on G4TV, But I thought it was worth sharing. Youtuber Shanesdominoez paid tribute to our favorite gaming system by setting up 30,000 dominoes in a Nintendo themed chain reaction. What are your thoughts? [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwrOOQyEdzM[/youtube]
Attempting to Explain the Trade from Black and White to Black 2 and White 2
As with every main-series Pokémon game, Black 2 and White 2 will undoubtedly feature the ability to trade Pokémon with their previous installments. However, this time around, it’ll be interesting to see exactly how the games justify the act of the trade. Seeing as the games belong to the same generation of games (the fifth), moving Pokémon from game to game will surely be done through simple...
How I’d love to see Nintendo exploit iOS
Nintendo faithful, please don’t take offense at what I’m about to say. I’m not suggesting for one moment that Nintendo get out of the hardware business or port its most famous characters to iOS. I’m a card-carrying 3DS fanatic, and I’ll be first in line for Wii U. But I also own an iPhone, and, here’s what drives me crazy: thinking about the bazillion casual ph...